Yesterday when we heard about John Tortorella talking about praying for offensive success it kind of made sense given how much of a hard time his Rangers have had putting the puck in the net. When in doubt seek a higher source, right?

Turns out Tortorella is just a regular Louis C.K. on the side. During this morning’s meeting with the press, Tortorella was asked about his confidence in his offensive players to score goals and decided to make sure we were all in on the jokes.

“I have total confidence in our players. Again, this isn’t a new experience for us as we go into tonight’s game. So I have total confidence,” Tortorella said.

“I know I used that word ‘pray’ yesterday. It was a joke. There are a lot more important things to pray about than a win or a goal. So can I clear that up, please?”

The comment got a laugh out of reporters, but things have been so bad offensively for the Rangers that some might’ve taken him at his word about asking for divine intervention. With Martin Brodeur in goal and the Devils pressuring with an intense forecheck it might take an act of god to bring a plague of goals.

Does it surprise anyone that the focus has been on the Rangers goal score or ‘lack thereof’? last time I checked the Rangers have outscored the Devils 10-6 in the series, yet you here no talk about the Devils being shut out twice.

Lets not credit Martin Brodeur tooo much for the lack of goals by the Rangers in this series. Pretty much every goalie the Rangers have played against has looked like a super star…. even Craig Anderson had great numbers against the Rangers in the first round, and hes not a brick wall by any stretch of the imagination.